Orlando Figes

A People's Tragedy

The Russian Revolution - centenary edition with new introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Opening with a panorama of Russian society, from the cloistered world of the Tsar to the brutal life of the peasants, this book follows workers, soldiers, intellectuals and villagers as their world is consumed by revolution and then degenerates into violence and dictatorship.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bodley Head / Random House UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 730091
• Special ed
• Seitenzahl: 960
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 60mm
• Gewicht: 1570g
• ISBN-13: 9781847924513
• ISBN-10: 1847924514
• Artikelnr.: 45766238

Autorenporträt

Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. Born in London in 1959, he was previously a Lecturer in History and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. A People's Tragedy received the Wolfson Prize, the NCR Book Award, the W.H. Smith Literary Award, the Longman/History Today Book Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is the author of many other books on Russian history including Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia, The Whisperers: Private life in Stalin's Russia, Crimea: the Last Crusade and Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag.

Rezensionen

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